I have two modes: wiseass and dumbass. Mode is determined by current blood alcohol level.

Drinking is a sport. In order to be competitive, you must practice on a regular basis. Although you can practice alone, it is much more fun to practice with friends. If you're out of shape and practice too hard, you will regret it the next day.

How will the amount of the attack gold be figured. Will there be a place where we can park gold to save it for the auction safe from attack, but with withdrawl penalties if taken out before the auction? That way, with the penalty, folks will have to be willing to take that amount of gold "out of play".

I see your point and tend to agree their, Scotsman. After all, the auction is the only way that you can actually get "real-life" items form the game. Maybe some kind of checks-and-balance system. How about a "bank".

I think we all lost some things. At minimum, the 10PM (GMT-5) update "tick" did not occur.Anyway, we're playing a game that's free and somewhere between the Alpha and Beta stages. Data loss is expected, and many times it can't be readily recovered.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_rele...ife_cycle#Alpha